by Vincent Heeringa | Feb 9, 2023 | Opinion
If the rain that deluged Auckland is the ‘new normal’, how are hard-hit growers meant to think about the future? Can they grow anything in the ‘normal’ way again? Vincent asks senior cropping scientist Brent Clothier what he’s telling his clients about the...
by Vincent Heeringa | Feb 2, 2023 | Opinion
As the backwash recedes on Auckland’s flood, the backlash begins. Pukekohe’s growers are some of the most affected – so who’s to blame when food goes to waste? It was heartbreaking this week to see piles of onions and potatoes, freshly...
by Vincent Heeringa | Feb 2, 2023 | News
Simon Coley of Karma Drinks, Florence Van Dyke (Chia Sisters, NZTE) and Patsy Bass (Reefton Distilling) will feature in a new webinar series launching this month. Winning the Green Premium explores how Kiwi food brands are turning their sustainability credentials...
by Vincent Heeringa | Jan 25, 2023 | Opinion, Uncategorized
Apparently we’re in for a bumpy year. There are rumours of wars and actual wars, persistent inflation, a CO2 shortage (really?), a cost of living crisis, the lowest business confidence in years and yet again expired food being sold in Moorhouse Countdown. It’s highly...
by Vincent Heeringa | Dec 15, 2022 | Opinion
Change It Up – In the first of our new food innovators series with Everybird Coffee, we meet Harrison Stott and Rob Humphrys, founders of The Kitchen Collective, the first to bring ghost kitchens to New Zealand at scale Sometimes the best ideas are the...
